Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U, 8, Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; warmer tonight with Jowest temperature about 42 degrees; colder tomorrow afternoon and night. Temperatures—Highest, 50, at noon today; lowest, 33, at 7 a.m, today. Full report on page A-5. Closing New York Markets, Page 22 84th YEAR. No. ROOSEVELT PLANS JOBLESS CENSUS, APPOINTS- GROUP FOR FARM STUDY Considers Self-Registration System to Count Jobless. Cites Simplicity and Econ- omy of Scheme. COMMITTEE TO STUDY PROBLEMS OF TENANCY Will Seek Means to Alleviate Shortcemings of Farmers Under Program—~Gray, Resettlement Official, Named Technical Di- rector of Body. 33,8 BY the Assoclated Press. 03. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. ch WASHINGTON, Son of Late Inventor Is Named to Post by Roosevelt. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. HARLES EDISON,‘son of the late Thomas A. Edison, famous inventor, today was appoint- ed by President Roosevelt to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy to succeed Col. Henry Latrobe Roose- velt, who died last Winter. Edison, a resident of West Orange, N. J., is president and chief operating executive of Thomas A. Edison, Inc. He will assume his new duties as soon as he can drop his personal affairs. In announcing the selection of the 46-year-old executive President Roose- velt said Mr. Edison has a certain fa- miliarity with the Navy set-up, having been closely identified with his father when the later was a member of the Naval Consulting Board during the World War. Mr. Edison became identified with this administration shortly after the [N. R. A. was put into operation, at | which time he was made director of the National Emergency Council for New Jersey. A native of West Orange, Mr. Edi- son was graduated from Massachu- setts Institute of Technology in 1913. Charles Edison Is Appointed Assistant Secretary of Navy CHARLES EDISON. manufacture of a variety of war mate- | rials and was chairman of the West | Orange Liberty Loan Organization. | He is a director of the American-Rus- | sian Chamber of Commerce and the | New Jersey State Chamber of Com- merce and was a director in the Ex- | ecutive Council of the N. R. A., as well as being New Jersey director of that President Roosevelt disclosed t0daY | He was closely associated with his fa- | agency. he was considering a system of count- ing the unemployed by a method of self-registration. i At his press conference, the Presi- dent also announced appointment of & large committee of farm leaders, editars and others to study and report by February 1 on the “most promising ways of alleviating the shortcomings of the farm tenancy system.” Secre- tary Wallace heads the committee. ‘The President made nown the un- employment census plans before leav- ing tonight for Buenos Aires, where he will address the opening session De- cember 1 of the Inter-American Peace Conference. Asked to comment on the proposal | of Harry L. Hopkins, works progress | administrator, that such a census be taken, the President said the subject was being studied and undoubtedly something would come out of it. Cites Value of Plan. He said the self-registration plan toward which he was working per- sonally would be much simpler and cheaper than a door-to-door canvass. The latter method, he added, would #oon become out of date and necessi- | tate frequent periodic canvasses. L. C. Gray, assistant resettlement administrator, was designated execu- | tive secretary and technical director of the committee to study farm tenancy. In a letter to Secretary Wallace, the President cited what he called a continued increase in farm tenancy in the last 50 years as “significant evidence that we have fallen far short of achieving the traditional American ideal of owner-operated farms.” The number of tenant farmers, he said, had increased steadily since 1880 and added this growth had been “fre- quently associated with soil depletion and declining living standards.” The special committee, Wworking under the general auspices of the| National Resources Committee, was given the task of developing a land tenure system which would “bring an increased measure of security, oppor- tunity, and well-being” to farm tenants. Urged to Consult Leaders. The committee was urged to consult | Jeaders in State and national affairs, including Senator Bankhead, Demo- crat, of Alabama and Chairman Jones of the House Agriculture Committee, ‘who have been active in pressing farm | tenant legislation. The text of the President’s letter to Becretary Wallace follows: “I am writing to ask you to serve #s chairman of a special committec which will make a report to me not later than February 1 on a long-term program of action to alleviate the shortcomings of our farm tenancy system. “I am anxious that we thoroughly examine and report on the most prom- ising ways of developing a land-tenure system which will bring an increased measure of security, opportunity and well-being to the great group of pres- @t and prospective farm tenants. “The rapid increase of tenant farm- ers during the past half century is significant evidence that we have dallen far short of achieving the tra- ditional American ideal of owner- operated farms. “The growing insecurity of many (See CENSUS, Page A-2.) SCHUMANN-HEINK IS CRITICALLY ILL Noted Singer Suffers Recurrence of Blood Ailment at Holly- wood Home. 'HOLLYWOOD, November 17.—Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink, 75-year- old veteran of the operatic and con- cert stage, was critically ill today at her home in Hollywoodland. She was suffering from a blood ailment which recurred Saturday, it was learned, in the form of hemorrhages of the throat and lungs. . Her physician, Dr. Samuel Alter, e her condition was serious, Rlthough, he added, she responded to blood transfusions and rallied some- what from the attack. The famous singer suffered & simi- dar attack at the end of the Summer, ‘when she returned from a vacation in ‘Wisconsin, Dr. Alter said. After two transfusions she rallied from her ill- ness and was believed to be on the road to recovery. Mme, Schumann-Heink celebrated her 75th birthday anniversary last June 15 with her children and grand- children at her home and looked for- rd to a new career in motion pic- Sures. _ She superintended the preparationr of the birthday anniversary dinner snd sang Brahmn's “Wiegenlied” to members of the family. “I pray for four or five more years and with that I will be satisfied,” she said then. “It is long enough to do & ther in experimental work and alse in | an executive capacity. : During the war he directed the Mr. Edison is a member of Delta Psi Fraternity and has been married | for 18 years. A F.L HEADDEFIES (INION ON CHARCES |Green Ignores Order U. M. W. to Appear To- morrow for “Trial.” BY JOHN HENRY, Staff Correspondent of The Star, TAMPA, Fla., November 17.—Defy- ing his own union, the United Mine Workers, to treat him as it sees fit, William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, said he would take no further cognizance of charges of conspiracy and misconduct | brought against him before their ex- | ecutive board. Summoned to appear for “trial” to- | morrow, Green said his letter of last of | plaints against him would be his sole answer. In their summons to him, the Mine {on Wednesday morning - in person, through counsel or by written state- | ment. Green, who was & miner by trade in his younger days, has been & mem- ber of | years. | Eight Resolutions Faced. Meanwhile, the Resolutions Com- mittee of the convention, delegated to ithe critical task of shaping policy in | the split before the federation and the | C. I. O, found itself confronted by eight vesolutions in varying degrees of support for the suspended faction. In contrast is the resolution of John P. Frey, president of the metal trades department, demanding revocation of charters and certificates of affiliation of the C. I. O. unions. Accompanying | this is a second resolution by Freg asking that the federation withhold | Most outspoken of the resolutions | favoring the C. I. O. was one intro- duced by Delegate G. C. Kidwell of the California State Federation of La- | bor accusing the Executive Council of | the federation of “despotic and tyran- nical rule” and demanding that the convention rescind the council action and seat the C. I. O. unions at the present convention. A plan for settlement of the con- troversy is submitted by the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor, with the first step being lifting the suspension and dropping all charges. The fed- eration then would participate in the organization drive in the mass-produc- tion industries, with such drive con- fined to the steel and rubber indus- tries, until a specially appointed com- mittee can work out & permanent | week in which he denied all com- | Workers’ board ordered- him to answer | the U. M. W. for about 30 support of labels of the C. I. O. unions. | INAUGURAL POST DUEFORGRAYSO ‘Roosevelt Understood to Desire Admiral to Head Group. President Roosevelt is understood to want Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, U. 8. N, retired, who was chairman of his first inaugural, four years ago, to serve again in that capacity this year. Admiral Grayson at present is busy with affairs of the American Red Cross, of which he is chairman. and ¢ Foenit WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g Star D. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1936—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. W.P.A. TOREMANN, HOPKINS ASSLAES MAYORS PARLEY Will End Only When All of Employables Have Jobs, He Declares. REALISTIC HANDLING OF RELIEF*PROMISED Problem Will Not Be Turned Back to States and Cities, He In- forms Session. BACKGROUND— Conceived as an emergency meas- ure in the New Deal’s drive on un- employment, W. P. A. was geared to furnish jobs of all descriptions as quickly as possible. Its policy of providing any kind of work in pref- erence to doles led to charges of “boondoggling” and made W. P. A. the target of bitter Republican at- tacks during the presidential cam- Paign. - Recently, there have been indica« tions the W. P. A. program will be curtailed as private enterprise ab- sorbs the unemployed. The Presi- dent has said he hopes improved business will make possible a small= er W. P. A relief budget this year, Painting a dark picture of prospects | | for quick absorption of the unem- | | ploved workers of America, Harry | | Hopkins, administrator of the Works Progress Administration, assured 100 | | American mayors today that the W.| P. A. is here to stay until private jobs | are available for all employables. He told the fourth United States Confer- ence of Mayors at the Mayflower Hotel: “Unemployment is a national prob- | lem and relief is a national problem. | | This administration intends to deal | YEAH, | THOUGHT, | MIGHT GO AFTER SOME MORE WHILE MY LUCK SEEMS GOOD! - SN W M s I g W8y \ - YAX& WY \ f 0 / The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. \! A A\ Yesterday’s ¥ %%k PR WY N K N MNA] MADRID AIR RAID CASUALTIES HEAVY Bombing Attacks Renewed as Artillery Battle Rages in Capital. £y the Assoclated Press. Friend She Recalls Identifies Girl, 19, Vic Young Woman Is Unable COMELY amnesia victim, who has been cared for at the | MADRID, November 17.—Fascist air bombers showered Madrid with deadly for Time to Remember Her Parents. A ‘Women's Bureau since she lost her memory last night, was identified by friends today as Miss | with the problem of relief realistically, | 3im today while insurgent shock troops | Anne Blunt, 19 years old, of 1901 K | depending on the actual needs of the | Clung to positions in University City, sireet, | | unemployed. It intends to continue | | to co-operate with the cities and States. It has no intention whatever | | of turning the problem back to the! within the northwestern limits of the | capital, in the face of desperate militia | assault. | By midday insurgent airplanes had Investigators said Miss Blunt has a married sister living in Washington and that she will be turned over to her and placed in the care of a fam- sailed for Europe last week to attend | Citles and the States or of liquidating made two raids on the heart of the ily physician. the international Red Cross meeting. The only possible barrier to his ac- cepting is whether he will have time enough to spare. It was believed the President is awaiting word from Admiral Grayson | before he considers any one else. Parade Approved. Mr. Roosevelt today announced his approval of an inaugural parade on January 20, with a Colonial- type reviewing stand, from which he may watch the procession pass the White House. | While he still adheres to his original |plan for a simple inaugural, the | President told newspaper men at his press conference he has agreed to a “parade of sorts.” He said he has ordered plans drawn for a reviewing stand, “not too costly.” modeled somewhat after the Hermit- age, Andrew Jackson's old home in | Nashville, Tenn. The President’s edict against an in- augural ball apparently still stands. He indicated he is not ready to an- nounce a chairman for the Inaugu- ral Committee. | Asked if he was “weakening” in his | attitude against an elaborate inaugu- that respect. ” “Parade of Sorts.” A “parade of sorts,” he indicated, | was an essential part of the inaugura- {tion. He said he would approve an | “inexpensive” grandstand in front of about” this yesterday with Waddy Wood, local architect, who designed | the reviewing stand and Court of Honor for the first Roosevelt inaugu- ration. The stand, the President pointed out, was copied from the Fed- eral Hall in New York City, in which George Washington took the oath of office. Keenly interested in early Ameri- can architecture, Mr. Roosevelt told ‘Wood he would like the reviewing (See A. F. OF L., Page A-4) TILL shivering from the ex- perience of being left bound and gagged in Rock Creek Park while the temperature hovered near the freezing mark, Walter T. Holt, jr., 26, of 1324 Quincy street today told how two youthful bandits robbed him, took his new automobile and drove off with his girl friend. The girl, Miss Virginia Ash, 25, of 4616 Fourth street, was put out of the car while still in the park after her captors had threatened to “blow out her brains” if she didn't keep quiet. She called the police. Holt said he and Miss Ash, both of ‘whom work in a downtown office, were driving slowly along Beech drive about 2 a.m. and were about to turn around when two men approached the car. Putting Holt off his guard by asking if he could spare some gasoline, the bandits produced automatics, made him drive north on Military road about half a mile and forced him to get out. While one of the bandits, a small man, who held his gun in a trembling hand, stood by, the other relieved Holt of his wallet, containing his driver's permit and about $14, and his wrist- watch, Holt then was made to walk into the woods and lie on' his stomach while his hands were tied with a trunk strap and his legs with a rope. About 15 minutes after the bandits he walked about a mile before & house, where he telephoned police. (See PARADE, Page A-5.) Bandits Rob and Bind Victim, - Drive Off With Auto and Girl WALTER T. HOLT, JR. —Star Staff Photo. overlooking Sixteenth -street and re- leased. ral ceremony, the President smilingly | said he has not changed his mind in | | the White House, and that he “talked | | its works program.” l “The end of our troubles seems a | | long way off. There were about 1 1,800,000 unemployed even at the 11929 peak, but next year, with the | same volume of production, carefully | prepared estimates indicate that there will still be some 6,500,000 to 7,000,000 unemployed.” - i The W. P. A. of the future, Hopkins said, will aim at supplying industry | with & source of strong, alert, skilled | | workers, | “We believe that will prove to be | one of the! most effective ways of re- | e 'WARMER WEATHER DUE | TONIGHT AND TOMORROW ‘Warmer weather is in prospect for Washington and vicinity tonight and part of tomorrow, the Weather Bureau forecast today. Slightly colder tem- peratures are expected tomorrow aft- ernoon, but the weather will continue | fair. ‘The mercury is not expected to drop below the 42-degree mark tonight. This figure, incidentally, was the high- | est recorded yesterday by the bureau's | official thermometer. The day’'s “high” occurred at 4 pm. The lowest mark was 33, reached at 7 a.m. today. Summary éf Page. Amusement __C-8 ‘Woman's Pg..B-10 Obituary --.-A-14 NATIONAL. Peace hopes rise in maritime strike as parleys resume. Page A-19 Roosevelt” suggests self-registration census of jobless. Page A-1 Roper sees N. R. A. law if business fails to better conditions. Page A-2 Charles Edison, inventor's son, named to Navy post. Page A-1 Green defies own union to act as it sees fit. Page A-1 Engineer crawls through flames to halt train after explosion. Page A-1 Hopkins tells mayors W. P. A. to stay till unemployment stops. -Page A-1 Morgenthau speaks today at Corcoran Gallery mural exhibit. Page B-1 Washington realtors prominent at New Orleans convention. Page A-5 Roosevelt leaves Washington tonight on mission of peace. Page A-2 Employers take first step to comply with social security law. Page A-8 Government charged with failing to protect dry States. Page A-10 Paraffin test reveals Mrs. Taylor did not fire weapon. Page A-15 “Buddy” Rogers’ father may perform wedding ceremony. Page B-11 Captain killed and two sailors are washed overboard. Page A-3 FOREIGN. Rebels renew air raids on Madrid, with President Roosevelt approves plans for inaugural parade. Page A-1 Chest contributions reach 40.47 per . | Capital man sues La Fontaine's over alleged losses at dice. MA'-: city, killing many persons. Close-range government artillery | fire was turned on the University City raiders. (An authoritative source in London said it had learned the Spanish gov- | ernment was planning a fierce coun- | ter-attack south and southwest of the | capital with 70,000 troops, hoping to | cut off the insurgent rear guard.) Red Cross officials said an undeter- mined,number of persons were killed and many wounded in the renewal of Fascist air attacks on the capital. The first assault came at 5:35 am. | and the second followed five hours later. | Many of the bombs fell in the heart | of the city, destroying several houses | and wrecking business establishments. | One landed on a building at the (See SPANISH, Page A-3.) Wife Asks Divorce. SALEM, Mass., November 17 (#).— Judge Edward B. O'Brien had under advisement today the divorce petition of Elizabeth Anne White, 29, of Lynn, who accused her husband of choosing a puppy dog for a drinking companion. Seeking custody of three children, | Mrs. White charged her husband asked | her to drink with him and that when | she refused he gave drinks to the dog unull “it could hardly stand on its feet.” Today’s Star . | Missing couple found slain; believed murder and suicide. Page A-7 P. U. C. debates bus service for Ta- koma area. Page B-1 Army Engineers to draft D. C. water- front plans. Page B-1 Ogle Marbury named aide in Prince Georges bond quiz. Page B-1 Bethesda taxi driver killed when his auto overturns. Page B-1 Commissioners file answer to abattoir suit; hearing postponed. Page B-1 Navy radio station at Cheltenham to be ready in 1937. Page B-1 Roosevelt may abolish people’s counsel post. Page B-1 National Preaching Mission luncheon plans announced here. Page B-2 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. This and That. Page A-10 Answers to Questions. Page.A-10 Stars, Men and Atoms. Page A-10 David Lawrence. Page A-11 Paul Mallon. Page A-11 Mark Sullivan. Page A-11 Jay Franklin. Page A-11 Headline Folk. Page A-11 MISCELLANY. Bedtime Story. Pabe B-8 Betsy Caswell. Page B-10 City News in Brief. Page A-17 Dorothy Dix. Page B-10 Nature's Children., Page B-6 Vital Statistics. Page A-13 Young Washington. Page A-15 Traffic Convictions. Page' A-9 SPORTS Hoyas to be in fine trim for Terps in Page C-1 Corporate bonds higher (table). . Page A-21 | BACKGROUND— For hours the girl could recollect | nothing except the most immediate | details of her past. This morning, | while talking to a policewoman, & .man’s name suddenly came to her. She spoke the name, and the police- woman looked it up in the City Direc- tory. The girl then was taken to the man, who identified her. | The man gave the name of Miss | Blunt's sister, Mrs. Lucy Lee Garri- | son of 2832 Sixth street. Mrs. Gar- | rison came to the apartment and | took her sister away, presumably to the Sixth street address. Miss Blunt, it is said, graduated | from a high school inr Richmond last Spring, coming here several months | ago. Investigators were told that | she was an expert swimmer and diver and had competed in*meets here. She (See AMNESIA, Page A-3.) TIDE OF PAY RAISES SWEEPS TEXTILES More Millions Poured Into Stream of Buying Power by Big Firms. Inspired by Federal surtar on undistributed earnings and in- creasing prosperity, corporations throughout Nation began distribut- ing “surpluses to stockholders and employes early this month. Millions in corporations treasuries, held for contingencies, are due to be paid out before January 1. Ey the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, November 17.—Many more millions of dollars were sluiced today into the Nation's rising stream of purchasing power by year-end wage increases, larger dividends and Christ- mas bonuses. The cotton textile industry, swept by the biggest cloth and yarn buying boom veterans have seen in years, raised wages over a broad front. Pay boost announcements by leading mills in the South and New England were accepted by some cotton textile men as indicating a general increase for the industry’s 434,000 workers, with an annual pay roll totaling between $275,000,000 and $300,000,000 at the current rate of operations. Many mills announced 10 per cent increases. Tributaries feeding the stream in- cluded enlarged dividends totaling nearly $40,000,000 by 25 companies. Kennecott Copper, American Smelt- ing & Refining, General Foods and tim of Amnesia ANNE BLUNT. —Star Staff Photo. CHEST FUNDCLOSE TOHALFWAY MARK Total Pledges of $929,589 Reported at Luncheon Meeting. Nearing their halfway mark, Com- munity Chest campaign workers to- day reported total receipts of $929, 589.15 from 58,168 persons. This report was submitted at a | luncheon meeting in the Willard Hotel, featured by a skit in which “Public Enemy Disease” asserted he preferred Washington to all other American cities, because “you make it 80 easy for me to play my game at your expense.” Speakers for the four main solicita- tion units reported 18,848 contribu- tions since yesterday's luncheon for a 24-hour total of $131,561.11. After tabulating today's reports, it was an- nounced contributions to date total 47.21 per cent of the $1,969,000 sought by November 24. ‘The units reported as follows: Special - assignment — 18 givers pledged $6,655 today for a grand total of 482 givers and $444.971. This is 78.64 per cent of its goal. Group solicitation—4,763 contribu- tions, amounting to $28,569.85 today, for a total of 12,365 donations aggre- gating $113,619.20, or 28.04 per cent of its goal. Governmental Unit. Governmental—12,796 contributions, amounting to- $75,389.21; a total of 40,208 gifts, aggregating $282,354.27. This is 38.95 per cent of the amount sought by this group. Metropolitan—1,193 gifts, totaling (See WAGES, Page A-3.) B the Associated Press. HUDSON, N. Y, November 17— Engineer Charles Ferguson bore severe burns today as the price of his heroism in fighting through a blazing loco- motive cab to stop a fast passenger train after a mysterious blast hurled him into the coal pit of the tender. Ferguson drove the New York Cen- tral’s traln—“The Knickerbocker”— through Hudson Yards on schedule last night. Suddenly there was an explosion and flames licked from the firebox to en- velop the cab. The engineer and Fireman James E. Peterson of Pough- Pennsy earnings gain. Page A-21 Page A-21 Curb list improves (table). Page A-23 General Foods votes extrs. Page A-23 A keepsie were catapulted from their seats and the train rolled on.- . Momentarily fire to the throttle. He applied the sirbrakes. The long line of cars i (See CHEST, Page A-19.) Engineer Crawls Through Fire To Stop Train After Blast screeched to a stop after rolling sev- eral hundred yards None of the passengers was aware of the accident, and the train pro- ceeded a few minutes later with an emergency engine and crew. “Something blew out, I don't know what,” Ferguson's wife quoted him as saying. “He is badly burned about the head and face and is unable to talk about it,” she said. Peterson, taken to a Poughkeepsie hospital after emergency treatment, suffered a concussion besides neck and Joseph D. Carkhuff, trainmaster of the Hudson division of the New York Central, said the engine was being ex- amined to ascertain, if possible, the (UP) Means Associated Press. Circulation, 140,885 (Some returns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. BENDIX LOCKS OUT 4000 WORKERS AS RESULT 0F A.F. L. UNIONIZING DRIVE Employes’ Ousting Follows Morning of Negotiations Between Union Members and Officers of Company. DEALINGS ABANDONED BY REMINGTON-RAND Labor Officials’ Demand That Their Followers Be Employed on Day Instead of Night Shifts Is Blamed for End of Talks in Statement From Firm. By tre Associated Press. SOUTH BEND, Ind., November 17. —Charging the American Federation of Labor was making an attempt to unionize the entire working force of Bendix Products Corp. in South Bend, J. P. Mahoney, vice president and works manager, dismissed more than 4,000 employes from work today. The dismissal of the workers fol- lowed a morning of negotiations be- tween union members and officials of the Bendix organization. It was the first lockout ever put into effect in South Bend. Mahoney, in an address to the em- ployes over the plant’s public address system, directed them to check in their tools and leave the plant in an orderly manner. He gave no indica- tion of plans for resuming work and declined to amplify the statement to employes. Vincent Bendix, president of the company, was reported to be in New York today. Workmen said they understood Ma- honey to mean that they had been | suspended indefinitely | The National Labor Relations Board | several months ago directed an elec- tion be held by Bendix employes to determine whether they should be | represented in collective bargaining | negotiations with the plant manage- ment by the Bendix Employes’ Asso- ciation or Federal Labor Union No. 9, affiliated with the United Automobile Workers of America. | Bendix appealed from the Labor | Board's order and no election has been held. Company officials in recent months have met with representatives of both | organizations of employes concerning | demands for increased wages and im- proved working conditions. After ex- | tended negotiations last Spring. wage | increases ranging from 3 to 5 per cent were granted, but the company refused to make any agreement on working conditions. CONFERENCES ABANDONED. End of Talks Comes on Day or Night Work for Strikers. NEW YORK, November 17 (#)— Remington - Rand, Inc. today ane nounced it had terminated negotia= | tions with union leaders representing strikers at its plants at Syracuse and Ilion, N. Y., and Middletown, Conn. A statement explaining this decision issued at the company's executive of- fices said, in part: “The fifteenth approach to the | Remington-Rand management by or in behalf of the unions seeking a basis for calling off the strike which is keep- ing a small minority of factory em- ployes out of work was unsuccessful today because the unions demanded | their members be employed on day hifts instead of night shifts. So far | as the management is concerned, this | ends the conferences. “Remington-Rand refused to dis- | place members of its present working force who have brought production up to a greater volume and a higher state of efficiency than prevailed before the strike last May. The management ad- vised the union leaders that under no circumstances will it make any agree- ment with the unions as such, with- out a majority of all workers voting for union recognition.” ARMY BOARD URGES FLORIDA SHIP CANAL | Project Jn.:tified, Engineers Say in Report—Department Calls Public Hearing. By the Associated Press. The War Department announced today & special board of Army En- gineers studying the Florida ship canal reported the project “is justified in the public interest.” The department called a public hearing here on the report on Decem= ber 16 before the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. The announcement said the report, dated November 1, 1936, had this to say of the controversial project: “Construction of a sea-level canal to provide a minimum depth of 33 feet and a minimum width of 250 feet, at an estimated cost of $157,585,000, exclusive of lands, in addition to $5- 400,000 already expended, is justified in the public interest.” In debates during the last Congress canal opponents contended appropria- tions should not be made to complete the project because Army Engineers had not completed their studies. The Senate passed an amendment to the deficiency bill making possible & new allocation for the work, but the House rejected the provision. CENSORSHIP QUERIED LONDON, November 17 (#.—A Socialist woman member of the House of Commons, in apparent reference to the King's friendship with Mrs. Wallis Simpson, asked from the floor todsy why pages had been deleted from American England “during the last few weeks.” |